from Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontczak
& dr. Julie Causton
Inclusive Education Blog for Teachers
and School Leaders
This inclusive education blog is designed for teachers, school leaders, and support staff who are committed to building more inclusive classrooms. Inside this inclusive education blog, you’ll find practical strategies, behavior support tools, co-teaching insights, and leadership ideas you can use right away.
Latest Posts from Our Inclusive Education Blog:
What To Do When Big Students (and Even Teachers) Have Big Emotions
Prefer to Watch? Click Here Print All the Steps Here Big emotions in the classroom can feel overwhelming for both students and educators. When students struggle with regulation, it’s important to respond with support, not control. Ever feel like it’s easier to have...
How to Keep Your Cool When Your Students Lose Theirs
When a student is in a “reactive brain”, or the flight, flight, freeze, or faint brain, we want you to have clear steps to take. Having clarity helps you remain calm, be at your best, and allows you to support the student in need. The steps below are divided into...
Inclusive Alternatives to Behavior Charts
You are a teacher because you are passionate about education and children. Sometimes, however, you will have students with behaviors that challenge you. Although it is seductive to look for quick fixes like behavior charts or using rewards and punishments. Such...
Turning Problems Into Possibilities
Ever find yourself using the precious time you have…admiring the problem and never getting to a solution? Find yourself facing the same problems over and over? For example: We don’t have enough time to co-plan. Others don’t see the importance of inclusion. I spend...
How to Use a Rubber Chicken in Your Classroom
Oftentimes, to create an inclusive classroom we have to be thinking outside the box, or outside of a lot of boxes, so we are sure to include ALL learners. Now with a lot of teaching being done in virtual classrooms, it is even more important to be thinking about...
Coaching with Compassion: Expanding Your View On Coaching For Sustainable Results
Coaching isn’t just for instructional coaches or administrators— it’s something all educators do. Every time we give feedback, reflect with a colleague, support a paraprofessional, or guide a student, we’re coaching. These moments shape school culture,...
You Can’t Skip Steps in The Way to Inclusion
A 5-part virtual leadership book club that helps teams move past resistance, unclear definitions, and stalled inclusion efforts with a clear, practical roadmap.
JAN 13 • JAN 20 • JAN 27 • FEB 3 • FEB 10 (2027)
FREE Workshop:
Transform Your School with Inclusive Practices
How often do you hear questions like, “But HOW do we actually do it?” or “How do we move from theory to action and make inclusion a reality?”
We’ve got the answers! Join nationally recognized inclusion experts, Dr. Julie Causton and Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontczak, for a FREE interactive workshop where we’ll tackle outdated special education practices, reveal three powerful classroom strategies, and share the real transformation of a school that fully embraced inclusion.
What Will I Learn?
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- Overcome Resistance to Change: Tackle emotional and structural challenges to implementing inclusion successfully.
- Shift Mindsets and Inspire Action: Motivate your team to embrace new perspectives and practices.
- Clarify LRE and Service Models: Demystify Least Restrictive Environment and streamline service delivery for all students.
- Instant Resources: Leave with tools you can implement immediately to create more equitable and effective classrooms.
- Overcome Resistance to Change: Tackle emotional and structural challenges to implementing inclusion successfully.
Plus, get exclusive workshop pricing for Inclusion-Bytes—a professional development resource packed with 100s of practical and effective strategies for general and special education teachers about HOW to create inclusive classrooms!
Inclusive Education FAQs for Teachers and School Leaders
What is inclusive education?
Inclusive education is an approach where all students learn together in the same classroom, with the support and strategies they need to succeed. It focuses on access, participation, and belonging for every learner.
What are examples of inclusive classroom strategies?
Examples include co-teaching, differentiated instruction, behavior supports, and creating flexible learning environments that meet diverse student needs.
→ Read our co-teaching strategies blog
→ Explore behavior support strategies
Why is inclusive education important?
Inclusive education helps improve outcomes for all students by building stronger communities, increasing engagement, and supporting diverse learning needs in meaningful ways.